Younger brothers Micky and Gary are the core of Micky and the Motorcars. Reckless has plans for at least one more full-length album - a follow-up to the 2020 double LP American Jackpot/American Girls released just as the pandemic shut down live music and scuttled a tour - along with multiple other unnamed projects, big and small, between now and 2025.Ĭody and Willy are two of four Braun brothers to grow up in rural Idaho, near Stanley, who are mainstays in Americana music. “We’re going to try to get as close to people as we can, but people will probably have to drive a little further than they’re used to if they want to see us now.” We want to get back to those old haunts that we love and have played forever one more time,” says Cody Braun, the Reckless co-founder who plays fiddle and mandolin. “We’re trying to play larger venues, festivals and places that we love. The reason for the long goodbye, according to the members, is to ensure fans have opportunities to catch more shows without the pressure that a whirlwind farewell tour puts on both artist and audience. Reckless Kelly’s three-year wind-down will begin in January at The MusicFest in Steamboat, Colorado, where the Brauns will play a high-profile set that has become a tradition for the band. “I’ve been at this so long, there’s not a lot of surprises anymore, and I’m ready to not have to be somewhere every weekend for a bit.” “By the time we hang it up in three years, I will have been on the road playing music for over 40 years,” he continues. What it comes down to, really, is I’m ready to do something different. “I still love playing, I still love traveling, and I still love all the guys in the band. “In a nutshell, I’ve been playing music professionally and touring since I was 7 or 8,” says Willy Braun, Reckless’ frontman and primary songwriter. For a group that has neared or exceed 200 shows a year for most of its largely independent career, that pullback alone is a jarring change in direction. Co-founders and brothers Willy and Cody Braun told Rolling Stone that Reckless will pare back its touring schedule to roughly 35 shows a year starting in 2023 before retiring from the road altogether in 2025. The end will take the form of a slow march. Reckless Kelly - Americana torchbearers from Idaho via Austin, a former member of the Sugar Hill and Yep Rock labels, and a group that has tied Austin rock and cowboy poetry together seamlessly for more than 25 years - is winding down its touring days.
To paraphrase the band itself, this is Reckless Kelly’s “Last Hurrah.”
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